Explorations in the footsteps of Turner, Cotman, Ruskin and others with Professor David Hill
This is the twenty-first article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 18 Cotman continues with his Yorkshire material, and selects a second subject at Kirkham Priory, and finds himself confronting some demons. John Sell CotmanKirkham Priory, Yorkshire, 1811Private CollectionPhotograph by Professor David Hill This … Continue reading Plate 18: Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire (2)
This is the twentieth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 17 Cotman returns to his Yorkshire material, and selects a grand subject of Kirkstall Abbey, albeit almost completely smothered in ivy. John Sell CotmanKirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 1811Private CollectionPhotograph by Professor David Hill This … Continue reading Plate 17: Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire
This is the nineteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 16 Cotman returns to his first sketching tour to Wales, but of all the grand subjects that he laid in stores, he chose to give us a dilapidated cottage. John Sell CotmanThe Old … Continue reading Plate 16: The Old College House, Conway, Wales [Conwy]
This is the eighteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 15 Cotman provides one of the most obtuse, yet most poetic, subjects of the series. John Sell CotmanA Garden House on the banks of the river Yare, 1811Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This … Continue reading Plate 15, A Garden House on the banks of the river Yare, Norfolk
This is the seventeenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 14 Cotman returns to one of the most obscure subjects of the series. It is the second of three plates devoted to the site. John Sell CotmanSouth side of Brayesworth Church, Suffolk, 1811Private … Continue reading Plate 14: South side of Brayesworth Church, Suffolk [Braiseworth]
This is the sixteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 13 Cotman deviates from his usual tendency by selecting a well-known subject, and what is more, treating it from a recognisable point of view. John Sell CotmanWest Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, 1811Private … Continue reading Plate 13: West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire
This is the fifteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 12 Cotman introduces a subject that takes his quest for obscurity and sequestration almost to absurdity. It is the first of three plates devoted to the site. John Sell CotmanWest End of Braiseworth … Continue reading Plate 12: West end of Braiseworth Church, Suffolk
This is the fourteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 11 Cotman offers us a third subject at Rievaulx Abbey; more obscure, even, than the others. John Sell CotmanRievaulx Abbey, the interior of the Refectory, Yorkshire 1811Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is … Continue reading Plate 11: Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire; the interior of the Refectory
This is the eighth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings, published in 1811. Here we turn to plate 5 and retreat into a backwater of deepest Norfolk. John Sell CotmanSouth Burlingham Church, Norfolk, 1810Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is an impression of a copper-plate etching of an upright … Continue reading Plate 5, South Burlingham Church, Norfolk
This is the thirteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 10 Cotman offers us a second subject at Rievaulx Abbey, though no less retiring than the first. John Sell CotmanRievaulx Abbey, the Refectory Doorway, Yorkshire 1810Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is an … Continue reading Plate 10: Rievaulx Abbey, the Refectory Doorway, Yorkshire
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